Kribi, Cameroon

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KRIBI SOUTH REGION OF CAMEROON

𝗔 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲

On November 6th, the President of the Republic stood before the nation and made a solemn pledge: to strengthen the fight against corruption. This commitment, made in the hallowed halls of power, rings hollow when held against the ongoing saga of corruption and the emergence of a new, potentially massive scam unfolding in our national energy sector.

The timing is stark. While the President spoke of integrity, the international courts continue to process the festering wound of the “Glencore scandal”. Just four days after the presidential promise, on November 10, 2025, Martin Wakefield, David Perez, Paul Hopkirk, and Ramon Labiaga were arraigned at Southwark Crown Court in London, where they entered not guilty pleas to all charges. This case, with its trial set for 2027, lays bare a years-long conspiracy of corrupt payments involving former Glencore employees and our own national institutions, the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH) and the National Refining Company (SONARA), spanning from 2007 to 2014. This is not ancient history; it is a live judicial proceeding that implicates our nation's most critical energy entities in a web of international bribery.

Yet, even as this scandal slowly moves through the courts, a new and alarming scheme appears to be taking shape: the so-called “CSTAR Project”in Kribi.

The official narrative, as supplied by the SNH, speaks of a "major milestone" and a "strategic vision." However, a closer look reveals deeply troubling irregularities:

*The Ghost Signatories: The Managing Director of SNH, Adolphe Moudiki, is named as the signatory of this 120 billion FCFA framework agreement. Yet, he is conspicuously absent from the ceremony's photographs. The published image of him signing is from a different event entirely. Furthermore, the Board Chairman of SNH is nowhere to be seen.
A Question of Authority and Priority: How can negotiations of such magnitude—for a new refinery—proceed without the physical presence of the SNH's General Manager, and more alarmingly, without the Minister of Energy? This suggests a deliberate bypassing of oversight and established governmental hierarchy.
*SNH's Overreach:The SNH, an entity with a specific corporate mandate, is increasingly behaving as the de facto policy maker in the oil and gas sector, a role for which it is not designed and which lacks democratic accountability.
“The Limbe Refinery Paradox”: We are being asked to believe in the construction of a new refinery in Kribi while the existing refinery in Limbe, a vital national asset, lies in ruins awaiting repair. This irrational prioritization defies all logic and economic sense, raising the fundamental question: “Cui bono?” Who benefits?

The Glencore case demonstrates a historical culture of corruption within SNH. The CSTAR project has all the makings of its successor—a sophisticated scam designed to siphon billions of public funds under the guise of "energy security."

Therefore, if the President's promise to fight corruption is to be more than mere rhetoric, we demand immediate and decisive action. The absolute first stop must be the National Hydrocarbons Corporation (SNH). A full, transparent, and independent forensic audit of the CSTAR framework agreement and all related negotiations is imperative.

The nation cannot afford another Glencore. We must not stand by as a new generation of looters disguises its plunder as progress. The fight against corruption begins not with words, but with the courage to investigate the most powerful institutions. It begins with SNH.